He's ALWAYS open due to his height. When he's shooting > 50%, that is a great quality. When he's shooting horribly, it's worse to be open... because you either shoot it and miss or you look like you're not confident by passing up open shots.

He's most similar to Bargnani IMO.

2011 version of Daye compared to career version of Bargnani (normalized per 36 min):

Is he a .400 deep threat or a .296? It's obvious to me that he's not somebody that you want to leave open out there, despite his recent struggles.

If we get 2010 or 2011 version of Daye back, we have a usable asset. If we get 2012 version back, we have a liability.

To transform the body of a naturally skinny 6'11" kid, you're going to affect his touch. That's were my curiosity won't die. What if his shooting woes last year were the result of a downward spiral of workout related touch loss, followed by shortened playing time, followed by loss of confidence?

The workout issues are behind him now (even if he's still at it, his body should have calibrated to it). So, now I want to see some playing time before making a final determination. The confidence issue is up to him to re-establish throughout the summer and at practice.

Tay averages fewer rebounds, steals, and blocks per minute than Daye and all with a TS% of .470 last year. So, it's not like Jerebko and Daye are trying to unseat MJ.

When Daye is not asked to shoot the ball even though his shot clearly is not there - something strange happens. We play winning basketball with him on the floor. You have two identical units, one with, and one without Daye - the one with Daye is the one that plays winning basketball - not the other. Why? That length of his on defense. Harp on his game all you want - but it remains a fact that the times coach pulled him out of the rotation, it was after the team did fine even though Daye himself did not make his shots. To me, coach is just blind not to see past the poor shooting. The shooting will come around - and the all around good defender will still be there. Again, guys like Williams are not the problem. Its the CV's and Bynum's that waste roster space. Players who can contribute, like Daye, should stick around. Along with Williams, and probably Flynn - though I have not paid any attention to him yet just going by what others are saying.

He doesn't really shoot as often as you think. In 2010, he was 6th on the team in frequency. That dropped to 9th on the team in 2011 (ahead of only TMac, Big Ben, Maxiell, and Monroe). Last year he was in a virtual tie with Prince, Gordon, Bynum, Monroe, Stuckey, and Knight, each with about 13 FGA/36 (who were all a mile behind Villanueva's 18 attempts). When you consider that he was usually out there with Russell, Wilkens, Jerebko, and Macklin/Ben, it isn't surprising that he got off some attempts.

When Daye is not asked to shoot the ball even though his shot clearly is not there - something strange happens. We play winning basketball with him on the floor. You have two identical units, one with, and one without Daye - the one with Daye is the one that plays winning basketball - not the other. Why? That length of his on defense. Harp on his game all you want - but it remains a fact that the times coach pulled him out of the rotation, it was after the team did fine even though Daye himself did not make his shots. To me, coach is just blind not to see past the poor shooting. The shooting will come around - and the all around good defender will still be there. Again, guys like Williams are not the problem. Its the CV's and Bynum's that waste roster space. Players who can contribute, like Daye, should stick around. Along with Williams, and probably Flynn - though I have not paid any attention to him yet just going by what others are saying.

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The Pistons do not actually play winning basketball with him on the floor. (Stats according to 82games.com)
11/12: -11.3 +/- with him on the floor, -3.2 with him off it.
10/11: -4.4 on, -3.1 off
09/10: -5.9, -4.8

Daye has length, but he is not quick and he has poor positioning. There are a few players that he matches up well against, and he will occasionally have good games, but that doesn't outweigh the games where he completely disappears and other teams are capable of taking advantage of the defensive mismatches that he presents. At best he is an outside shooter that has shown he is capable of hitting threes in the clutch. But he's still inconsistent and does NOT offer anything defensively.

Daye has length, but he is not quick and he has poor positioning. There are a few players that he matches up well against, and he will occasionally have good games, but that doesn't outweigh the games where he completely disappears and other teams are capable of taking advantage of the defensive mismatches that he presents.

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Tayshaun Prince comes to mind as a guy that Daye matches up against pretty well.
I'd like to see those guys playing against each other this season when the Clippers play the Jazz.

I don't see how there's room for an unproductive Daye on this roster; I don't see a role he can play that someone else can't do (and more effectively). He's either too slow (at the 2/3) or too weak (at the 4) and is a net negative, especially on defense. In terms of him being a shooter (omitting the fact that Daye's shot is in 2012 regular season form i.e, way off atm), Ken, Khris and even Kyle look like they are all able to fill that role - not to mention JJ who is a 3/stretch 4. And the Pistons do not play winning basketball with him on the floor - unless you mean playing with the goal of winning the number 1 overall pick, that is.